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pint of wine for young men in perfect health 

 is enough, and you will be able to take your 

 exercise better, and feel better for this absti- 

 nence. How few people calculate upon the 

 effects of constantly renewed fever in our 

 luxurious system of living in England ! The 

 heart is made to act too powerfully, the 

 blood is thrown upon the nobler parts, and 

 with the system of wading adopted by some 

 sportsmen, whether in shooting or fishing, is 

 delivered either to the hernorhoidal veins, or 

 what is worse, to the head. I have known 

 several free livers who have terminated their 

 lives by apoplexy, or have been rendered 

 miserable by palsy, in consequence of the 

 joint effects of cold feet and too stimulating a 

 diet; that is to say as much animal food as 

 they could eat, with a pint or perhaps a bottle 

 of wine per day. Be guided by me, my 

 friends, and neither drink nor wade. I know 

 there are old men who have done both and 

 have enjoyed perfect health; but these are 

 devil's decoys to the unwary, and ten suffer 

 for one that escapes. I could quote to you 

 an instance from this very county, one of the 



